Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Daily Report
Top Stories
• Over 11,000 gallons of numerous acids and
cyanide was found in drums and giant open vats at an abandoned building in Yuba
City. Officials said the combination of acids had potential to explode and
cause serious injuries. – Associated Press
3.
January 25, Associated Press –
(California) State finds, removes 11,000 gallons of chemicals. Over
11,000 gallons of numerous acids and cyanide was found in drums and giant open
vats at an abandoned building in Yuba City. Officials said the combination of
acids had potential to explode and cause serious injuries. Source: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/25/5141016/state-finds-removes-11000-gallons.html
• A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil
collided with a railroad bridge and leaked an unknown amount of oil into the
Mississippi River in Vicksburg, causing the waterway to close for several miles
in each direction. – Associated Press
10.
January 27, Associated Press –
(Mississippi) Barge hits Miss. River bridge; oil cleanup ongoing. A
barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil collided with a railroad bridge and leaked
an unknown amount of oil into the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, causing the
waterway to close for several miles in each direction. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oil-barges-hit-railroad-bridge-vicksburg-miss-18329715
• Hospital spokespeople are notifying the
public that an unencrypted CD containing 1,182 patients’ Medicare information
was lost when the CD was stolen in the mail November 28. – Scranton
Times-Tribune
18.
January 28, Scranton Times-Tribune –
(Pennsylvania) Lost CD contains patients’ Medicare information. Hospital
spokespeople are notifying the public that an unencrypted CD containing 1,182
patients’ Medicare information was lost when an administrator at Wayne Memorial
hospital sent the CD by certified mail November 28. The package which contained
the CD, as well as related paperwork, arrived at its destination without the CD
inside of it. The mail went through multiple postal hubs before reaching its
destination. Source: http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130128/NEWS/301280315/-1/NEWS
• The Web site for the U.S. Department of
Justice’s Sentencing Commission was taken over by a group of computer hackers
who threatened to release sensitive information and attack other sites. – Washington
Times
24.
January 26, Washington Times –
(National) Hackers take over federal website, threatens ‘war’ on U.S.
government. The Web site for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Sentencing
Commission was taken over by a group of computer hackers who threatened to
release sensitive information and attack other sites. Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/26/hackers-take-over-federal-website-threatens-war-us/
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Banking and Finance Sector
5. January 25, Associated
Press – (California) Frontman
for LA band charged with $6M loan fraud. A Los Angeles man was charged with
submitting false asset information on a loan application that resulted in him
receiving more than $6 million in loans. Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22450379/frontman-la-band-charged-6m-loan-fraud
6. January 25, WINK 11 Fort
Myers – (Florida) Missing
banker last seen in Fla. charged with fraud. A Georgia banker was charged
with stealing $40 million from investors and banks. He was last seen headed to
Fort Myers in June and left a suicide note, though authorities believe he is
alive and in hiding. Source: http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2013-01-25/Missing-banker-last-seen-in-Fla-charged-with-fraud#.UQaZgR3AdFk
7. January 25, Associated
Press; KOMO 4 Seattle –
(Washington) Police: Arrest in Puget Sound bank robberies. Police in
Seattle believe that a man arrested during a bank robbery January 24 is a
serial bank robber responsible for eight bank robberies in the Puget Sound
region. Source: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020216885_apwabuffettbanditarrest.html
Information Technology
31. January 28, Softpedia – (International) Security hole
found on IO, AC, SH, TM domain registrar sites. Hacker recently uncovered a
vulnerability in the Web sites of domain registrars who oversee the .io (Indian
Ocean), .tm (Turkmenistan), .ac (Ascension Island), and .sh (Saint Helena)
domains that allow attackers to gain access to DNS records. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Hole-Found-on-IO-AC-SH-TM-Domain-Registrar-Sites-324524.shtml
Communications Sector
32.
January 25, Ashtabula Star Beacon –
(Ohio) Some telephone service interrupted in Ashtabula, Lake counties. A
severed fiber optic line in Cleveland cut off telephone service for Ashtabula
and Lake counties January 25. Source: http://starbeacon.com/breakingnews/x1303529800/Some-telephone-service-interrupted-in-Ashtabula-Lake-counties